A Chaillot Paper warns that China’s global assertiveness masks mounting domestic economic fragility and argues the EU should use its economic leverage to de-risk, build resilience, and negotiate from a position of strength.
An IRGC spokesperson warned that escalating US and Israeli strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure could spark a dramatic oil price surge, potentially above $200 per barrel, after recent attacks near Tehran and rising market volatility.
After a Super Bowl ad for an AI feature called Search Party triggered a backlash, Ring CEO Jamie Siminoff has gone on the record defending opt-in controls and end-to-end encryption, but tradeoffs between privacy and AI features and recent partnerships have left unanswered questions about who can access home camera data.
Chinese NAND maker YMTC has listed the PC550 PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSD using Xtacking 4.0 NAND and claims up to 10,500 MB/s read and up to 10,000 MB/s write on the 2TB model.
A proof of concept from UNSW and Monash uses 'negative luminescence' to make thermal signals look like background heat so only a receiver with the right equipment can detect the hidden data.
Google will roll out mandatory developer verification that could block unverified sideloaded apps, a move Google says will improve security while critics say it risks privacy, open source projects, and Android's openness.
Group of seven economies are set to consider a coordinated release of strategic oil reserves to ease market pressure and limit short-term price spikes while weighing the limits of that tool.
KKR is said to be exploring a sale of its data centre cooling unit and could command a multibillion-dollar price as demand for energy-efficient and liquid cooling technology grows. The move reflects broad investor interest in infrastructure assets that lower power use and emissions amid rising AI-driven compute needs.
Reuters says thick smoke is rising from Bahrain's Bapco refinery after the government reported damage from Iranian drone attacks; the facility is a strategic hub that produces about 405,000 barrels per day and supports most of the economy.
Abu Dhabi rejects reports it hit an Iranian desalination plant, accuses Israeli sources of spreading rumors, and reiterates its right to self-defense while saying it will avoid targeting civilians.
A tiny wireless retinal implant restored enough central detail for many older adults with advanced macular degeneration to read letters and short words in a European trial. The PRIMA chip improved acuity on average but brought surgical risks, limited scope, and the need for ongoing rehab and headset use.
Major US indexes have posted large gains under President Trump and on AI optimism, but 150 years of market history and potential monetary and economic headwinds increase the risk that the rally will end soon.
A federal judge refused xAI's attempt to block California's AB 2013, which requires AI developers to disclose details about training data and raises new legal pressure over the use of copyrighted material in model training.
UNSW researchers followed 1,600+ Australian twins for 12 years and found that while childhood adversity raises risk, it does not lock people into poor adult wellbeing, with many showing long-term resilience and lower health risks.
Stock futures plunged Monday after crude oil jumped above $100 a barrel amid the U.S.-Iran conflict and supply cuts, intensifying concerns that rising energy costs could slow the U.S. economy.
U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran entered a second week under Operation Epic Fury, which the Pentagon says involves more than 50,000 U.S. forces and thousands of targeted strikes. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told CBS News the campaign will intensify and that the United States aims to force Iran into combat ineffectiveness.
The government plans to remove a decades-old prohibition so Finland can meet NATO requirements, but says nuclear munitions will only be allowed in scenarios directly tied to national defence and Finland will not host nuclear arms; the law change is expected by this summer.
A new WhatsApp Android beta groups Meta AI prompts into separate threads while keeping shared memory by default, but the exchanges are processed on Meta servers outside standard end to end encryption, creating privacy and consent concerns.
Anthropic made Claude's memory feature available to free users and simplified importing chat histories as signups surge and the company navigates recent US government pushback.
Google DeepMind released a paper and code claiming its Aletheia agent independently solved six of ten hard problems in the FirstProof math challenge using a generator-verifier approach and heavy compute, and it has provided logs for community review while independent confirmation continues.
In a Los Angeles trial, a 20 year old known as Kaley testified that early use of YouTube and Instagram became addictive and contributed to self harm and mental health problems, while Meta and YouTube deny the claims and point to other factors.
GOP aides say the dozen-bill Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act centers on KOSA and phone age verification, and heads into a likely partisan Energy and Commerce markup after bipartisan talks stalled.
ETH Zurich researchers made a water-rich, dissolvable hydrogel that can be laser-printed into bone-like microstructures at record speed, supports bone-forming cells in lab tests, and is moving toward animal trials for future personalized implants.
U.S. stock futures fell after crude surged above $110 following Iran’s appointment of Mojtaba Khamenei as supreme leader and Tehran’s rejection of a cease-fire, while President Trump said the war remains popular with his base.
Apple launched a refreshed MacBook Air with the M5 chip and upgraded MacBook Pros with M5 Pro and M5 Max, boosting base storage and performance while raising starting prices and adding Wi‑Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6.
Apple announced the MacBook Air with the new M5 chip in 13 and 15 inch sizes, doubling base storage to 512GB, adding Wi Fi 7, and offering performance gains for AI and creative workflows, with pre orders opening March 4 and shipments starting March 11.
India's Supreme Court has stayed a lower court order after finding a trial judge relied on AI-generated fake judgments in a property dispute, calling the incident a threat to the integrity of the adjudicatory process and treating the use of AI as misconduct.
Fate, described as an agentic AI matching service, and similar U.S. apps are automating dating recommendations and coaching while raising privacy, data and regulatory concerns.
Security researchers showed that malicious calendar invites could make Perplexity's Comet AI browser open local files and, if 1Password was installed and unlocked, take over the vault; Perplexity deployed fixes in January and February 2026 and 1Password added protections.
ZF's software driven chassis noise control uses sensor data and tiny damper movements to cancel tyre noise near 200 Hz, promising quieter cabins without heavy insulation or expensive speaker systems.
Fico warned Slovakia will step in to block a 90 billion euro EU loan to Ukraine if Hungary's Viktor Orban loses April elections, citing the Druzhba pipeline dispute and planning talks with European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen on March 10.
New York startup Amogy converted the NH3 Kraken to run on green ammonia that is cracked into hydrogen for a fuel cell, demonstrating a potential route to slash shipping emissions while researchers and shipbuilders address toxicity, production and trace pollutant challenges.
An 8-month longitudinal study of 1,403 university students found that perceiving close others as autonomy supportive was associated with small improvements in life satisfaction and slight increases in agreeableness, conscientiousness, and openness to experience.
Brent and U.S. crude climbed above $100 as fighting and strikes tied to the Iran war slow exports through the Strait of Hormuz and prompt production cuts, driving up fuel costs.
A projectile hit a residential area in Al-Kharj on Sunday, killing two and wounding 12, as a wave of Iranian-linked missile and drone strikes and retaliatory interceptions across Gulf states caused deaths, injuries, and infrastructure damage.
Bellingcat says newly released and geolocated video shows a US Tomahawk missile striking an IRGC site in Minab on Feb 28 and smoke near a girls school where 175 people were reportedly killed.
Crude prices surged above $100 a barrel after major Gulf producers cut output amid export disruptions through the Strait of Hormuz and ongoing U.S.-Iran conflict, sending WTI to about $108 and Brent to $107.70.
The U.S. military says an Army soldier has died from injuries sustained in a March 1 Iranian attack on forces in Saudi Arabia, raising the American death toll in the Iran conflict to seven.
Brent crude surpassed $100 a barrel after strikes on Iran raised fears of longer term disruptions to Middle Eastern oil supplies, driving sharp gains in oil futures and notable drops in US stock futures.
A newly proposed genus of gliding possum includes a species long known only from fossils that has been found alive in the Vogelkop Peninsula, giving scientists fresh anatomical data and raising urgent conservation concerns as logging continues to destroy its rainforest habitat.
The kinetic impact ejected debris and shortened Dimorphos' 12-hour orbit around 805-meter Didymos by about 33 minutes, and altered the binary system's orbit around the Sun by about 0.15 seconds.
State media and officials say Iran’s clerical Assembly of Experts has chosen Mojtaba Khamenei as the country’s new supreme leader, a decision tied to IRGC influence and contested by some clerics amid security concerns.
US Central Command says a service member wounded in a March 1 attack in Saudi Arabia has died, raising US deaths in the Iran war to seven; the name is being withheld pending family notification.
After rejecting Pentagon terms over surveillance and weapons concerns, Anthropic lost a $200 million contract but gained millions of downloads, industry backing, and a contentious regulatory battle with the federal government.
Recent reporting ties corporate wage practices, immigration enforcement operations, surveillance tech and political accountability into overlapping affordability and civil rights concerns, prompting local resistance, legal action and policy proposals.
Attacks tied to the Iran conflict have effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz, prompting Gulf producers to curb output, accelerating storage fill rates and sending crude prices toward and above $100 per barrel.
Israeli attacks on Iranian oil storage sparked fires and deaths, prompting Iran’s Revolutionary Guards to threaten strikes on oil infrastructure in neighboring Gulf states as regional fighting intensifies.
AI detection tools are falsely flagging strong writing as machine produced, incentivizing students to dumb down prose or adopt AI defensively and prompting some teachers to shift from policing to teaching how to use AI responsibly.
Researchers in Madhya Pradesh uncovered a titanosaur egg containing a fully formed inner egg, the first clear instance of ovum-in-ovo pathology in a non-avian dinosaur and a clue that some dinosaurs may have had more complex reproductive anatomy.
Navy Federal economist Heather Long says three tiers now define U.S. consumer behavior in 2026: affluent buyers are driving premium spending, the middle class is nervously cutting costs, and lower earners are relying on credit and Buy Now, Pay Later even as headline inflation eases.
Daniel Yergin warns that Iran attacks have effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz, forcing Gulf producers to cut output, sending oil and gas prices sharply higher, and raising the risk of a prolonged global energy shock.
Beijing is dispatching a special envoy and urging open navigation after Iran-related disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz threaten routes that carry nearly half of China’s oil imports.
The UK government described the AI replies as "sickening and irresponsible" after clubs and Sky News flagged Grok outputs that blamed fans for past stadium disasters and used racist language, raising concerns under the Online Safety Act.
The GSMA and major operators aim to roll out $30 to $40 smartphones to connect about 20 million people, but rising component costs, import taxes and thin margins challenge large-scale production.
A projectile hit a residential compound in Al-Kharj on Sunday, killing two foreign workers and injuring 12, Saudi Civil Defense says; the agency added the projectile is believed to have been launched from Iran amid a broader regional escalation.
A spiralling Middle East conflict is exposing deep divisions within the EU after US and Israeli strikes on Iran, with Spain publicly condemning the attack and blocking US base access while other members move to support allies; MEPs debated whether Brussels is being dragged into war and the implications for Europe.
Bipartisan bills sweeping statehouses would let people plug small solar panels into standard 120-volt outlets without lengthy utility interconnection, aiming to lower bills and expand access to clean power after Utah removed interconnection requirements in 2025.
OpenAI says its Pentagon agreement prohibits domestic dragnet spying and AI-ordered killings, but without the contract text the company’s claims cannot be independently verified and experts are urging disclosure.
Iran's foreign minister says the next supreme leader is unknown hours after an Assembly of Experts member claimed a successor had been chosen, as the conflict with the US and Israel intensifies following Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's death.
Researchers at The Jackson Laboratory and MIT report a microneedle skin patch that painlessly detects inflammation in minutes and samples key immune cells within hours, offering a noninvasive complement to blood tests and biopsies for studying immune responses.
In an ABC News interview, President Trump said he would demand U.S. approval for Iran's next supreme leader, left open using force to secure enriched uranium, and said he would work with remnants of Iran's regime while claiming U.S. strikes have crippled Iran's military.
Despite progress in financial inclusion, large gaps remain: targeted digital services, gender-disaggregated data, and coordinated public-private action are needed to help women access credit, savings, and insurance and to drive jobs and growth.
As attention shifts to a new Middle East crisis, Kyiv is racing to turn hard-won experience against Iranian-designed Shahed drones into partnerships and equipment, even as US focus and rising global demand for air defences create new risks for Ukraine.
Regulatory filings show Nvidia will pay CEO Jensen Huang a $4 million cash bonus if the company meets financial targets by January 31, 2027, an amount small relative to his multibillion dollar wealth.
New research in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin shows that grudges form when hurt and anger occur together, because that emotional mix prompts people to judge offenders as immoral, which keeps negative feelings active over time.
Kyiv will deploy specialists next week to advise Gulf states on defending against Iranian-designed Shahed attack drones and may export excess anti-drone systems, President Zelenskyy said.
UC Riverside researchers reveal AirSnitch, a set of Wi-Fi weaknesses that let attackers on the same network assume device identities and divert traffic, affecting multiple routers, firmwares, and enterprise deployments.
A University of East Anglia longitudinal study of 139 children finds COVID-19 related disruptions changed the stability of executive function development, with preschoolers most affected and variable effects depending on how long after the first lockdown children were tested.
Bloomberg reports that Iraq’s crude output has collapsed to about 1.7 to 1.8 million barrels per day from roughly 4.3 million, after the Iran war created a tanker shortage that has blocked shipments.
Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz warns AI is not just a productivity boost but a force that can hollow out jobs and hardwire new inequality unless governments intervene to help workers through the transition.
New state rules meant to keep minors off age-restricted sites are driving platforms to build mandatory age gates that often require selfies or ID scans, concentrating sensitive identity data with verification vendors and triggering security, legal, and privacy debates.
A new class action says the anime streamer disclosed personal viewing data to a third party in violation of the Video Privacy Protection Act and seeks statutory damages after a prior $16 million VPPA settlement.
Prime Minister Jetten criticised recent strikes on Iran as inconsistent with international law while acknowledging reasons for the initial attacks; he demanded clarity on their goals and said the Netherlands will weigh a French request to help the carrier Charles de Gaulle.
US gas prices jumped nearly 27 cents to $3.25 a gallon amid the US-Israel conflict with Iran, prompting White House officials to search for ways to limit pump-price pain as global oil risks rise.
A 10-year study of 1,371 older Dutch adults found no evidence that higher intake of ultra-processed foods predicts faster cognitive decline, and suggests overall diet quality may be more important for brain aging.
Militant fighters stormed Ngoshe in northeastern Nigeria on Friday and abducted over 300 people; officials suspect Boko Haram after recent military strikes while separate attacks hit nearby communities and the military reported soldier casualties.
Denmark's intelligence service says Russia is the main threat to the March 24 vote but warns the US and China could also exploit tensions over Greenland to influence the election.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukrainian forces have regained control of approximately 400 to 435 sq km in the south after operations over the last month and a half, a figure similar to an earlier military update.
Jon Peddie Research data shows Nvidia dominated the 2025 desktop GPU market with mid-90s share while AMDs Radeon standalone shipments hit a historic low, even as overall discrete GPU shipments rose to roughly 44.3 million.
Defence Minister Martin Pfister criticised belligerent states over recent strikes on Iran, warned Europe could be drawn into the war, and called for broader Swiss security measures and upgraded defence capabilities.
A Russian cruise missile struck a five-story building in Kharkiv on Saturday, killing 10 people including two children and wounding 16, as Ukraine reported a large overnight barrage of missiles and drones and emergency services responded to multiple strikes across the country.
A 7.6-year analysis of 576 Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study participants found that moderate poultry consumption was linked to greater likelihood of metabolic syndrome reversion, while moderate animal protein and higher dairy and nut intakes were linked to lower likelihoods of reversion, with results limited by a single baseline diet measure and possible residual confounding.
Israel struck targets in southern Lebanon after promising a new phase of operations, and the conflict widened as an attack on a Tehran oil facility and Iranian strikes on Gulf states produced civilian casualties and growing regional tension.
A large multi-campus survey finds social complaints about hypocrisy and intolerance top the list of reasons college students doubt religion, with doubt linked to both worse mental health for highly religious students and greater openness and intellectual humility.
Lebanon reported 83 children among 394 deaths in a week of intensified fighting with Hezbollah as strikes and counterstrikes across the Middle East hit oil and water infrastructure and leaders warn of further escalation.
The voluntary Ratepayer Protection Pledge urges private firms to cover the energy and infrastructure costs from AI data centers so consumers do not face higher electricity bills, but it is nonbinding and lacks accountability mechanisms.
Microsoft filed a patent for a cloud-based help system that can stream a saved game to another device to play difficult sections for you and then return the updated game state, and it covers both human and AI helpers and related safety measures.
A Science study recording macaque brains shows smiles, threats, and chewing emerge from a time-layered network: slow signals set social meaning well before a face moves, and fast signals execute the motion.
A Netherlands study of 111 emerging adults found that ADHD symptoms predict problematic social media use and gaming, but common cognitive deficits linked to ADHD do not explain that relationship, and the data cannot show cause and effect.
Researchers mapped a chain reaction in which nitric oxide S-nitrosylates the TSC2 protein, triggering its destruction and unleashing mTOR-driven cellular overgrowth; blocking nitric oxide restored TSC2, calmed mTOR, and reversed autism-like cellular and behavioral changes in mouse models, with matching signals in human cells and some patient blood samples.
Residents in Tehran reported oil-blackened rain after Israeli strikes on fuel storage and distribution sites, with CNN describing rainwater appearing saturated with oil and the Israeli military saying it targeted facilities linked to Iran's military supply chain.
Economists adopted a narrow image of human nature—self-interested, competitive, insatiable and rational—and those assumptions were built into laws and incentives that shape markets, policy and environmental outcomes.
Reuters reports the IDF warned on March 8, 2026 that it may target anyone who seeks to become or help appoint Iran's next supreme leader, while Iranian media say the Assembly of Experts has mostly agreed on a successor but is split over procedural details.
DJI confirmed it has rewarded a researcher after a demonstration showed thousands of Romo robovacs could be accessed, and the company says fixes are rolling out with more upgrades and audits planned.
Research from TD Cowen reported by CIO says Oracle may cut 20,000 to 30,000 roles and sell assets after several US banks pulled back from financing its large AI data center expansion.
An explosion struck the public entrance of the US embassy in Oslo early this morning, police say, with no injuries reported and an investigation under way.
A Yale analysis of 11,000+ older Americans over up to 12 years found 45% showed cognitive or physical improvement, and those with more positive beliefs about aging were more likely to get better.
CivicScience reports the Consumer Financial Health Index slipped to 59.89 in February 2026, driven mainly by declines in investing and savings outlooks and a reversal in consumer debt sentiment.
Dubai's Department of Economy and Tourism has instructed hotels to support tourists affected by flight cancellations, report any guests who cannot pay for extensions, and coordinate with authorities as needed.
A coalition of Democratic attorneys general and governors say the president overstepped his authority by shifting to Section 122 after the Supreme Court invalidated his earlier emergency-powers tariffs, and they are asking the court to block the new duties.